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EP 0 049 601 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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09.06.1982 Bulletin 1982/23 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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14.04.1982 Bulletin 1982/15 |
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Date of filing: 30.09.1981 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE |
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Priority: |
02.10.1980 US 193297
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Applicant: THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL |
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Inventor: |
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- Holick, Michael Francis
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Sunscreen compositions containing delta-5,7 steroidal dienes |
(57) A sunscreening composition comprises a sunscreening amount of an opacifying agent
and a therapeutic amount of a Δ
5,7 steroidal diene which is non-hydroxylated at any of positions 1; 1,25; 1,24,25 or
1,25,26 thereof.